Update about upcoming changes

What's upcoming on the next big version: Kunena 5.0?

Because of the substantial changes that this new version introduces (compared with K 4.0), We will tell you what you can expect on the new version.

Upgrading to K 5.0 involves changes that may affect Kunena's interoperability with other extensions installed on your site. For this reason it is advisable that you first test K 5.0 on a test site before you upgrade your live production site(s). At this stage the team is not treating interoperability with other Joomla extensions as the topmost priority. The main priority at this time is about installation/upgrade and operability as a standalone Joomla component.

Josh wrote: I'm curious about the "Autosubscription" feature. I read through this entire thread and am still trying to better understand it. Is it a profile setting that allows the user to decide if they want to be automatically subscribed to threads? (phpBB has this feature as well as other forum softwares). This determines if the checkbox is checked or not by default based on a profile preference. Users then are not "forced" to check or uncheck it each time they post in the forums.

Or perhaps this means something else?

We waited for two weeks for the official response. I will try to explain what the autosubscription feature is about.

Yes, you are right, that phpBB has a setting that controls the behaviour of a checkbox that appears when people create a topic (or post a reply to a topic); the checkbox will automatically be checked or unchecked depending on this setting. This behaviour is also implemented in Kunena.

Until K 4.0 was released, the behaviour was controlled differently. We discussed this change in these topics

The reference to "autosubscriptions" in the article Update about upcoming changes is about a new feature for K 5.0 that will force all users to be subscribed to topics on the forum. So, in answer to your question "perhaps this means something else" and because the developers have not replied to your question for two weeks, I can only offer my personal opinion. I believe the answer to your question is yes; it means something else.

I'm curious about the "Autosubscription" feature. I read through this entire thread and am still trying to better understand it. Is it a profile setting that allows the user to decide if they want to be automatically subscribed to threads? (phpBB has this feature as well as other forum softwares). This determines if the checkbox is checked or not by default based on a profile preference. Users then are not "forced" to check or uncheck it each time they post in the forums.

We are going to have minimum as Php 5.5 but we haven't said that it will be in Kunena 5.0, we are following developpement of Joomla! 3.5 and if the technical requiements change with this version, Kunena will change too else it will not change. So the mimimun of Php 5.5 could be in Kunena 5.1, or 5.2....

The minimum technical requirements, such as PHP version, database version, etc., can only be increased for the first release of a new major version.

This, therefore, means that the increase in the minimum technical requirements for Joomla are not envisaged before J! 4.0.0 whenever that may occur.

I overlooked the point made by ShockPuppet earlier (good point, by the way). What happens if a users has another Joomla extension that will not operate on PHP 5.5?

I really think this matter needs to be seriously reconsidered. In my (very) humble opinion, Joomla should be the driving factor for extension developments. We know that some parts of Kunena have not worked with older versions of Joomla in the past (and it's been a pain having to wait for Joomla to release something that will address those concerns) but that's the way of the Joomlaverse. I understand that some extension developers are unhappy with the speed that Joomla is playing catch-up; again, that's just a fairly common criticism among Joomla extension developers (just have a read of some of the material that Nicholas Dionysopoulos—the author of Akeeba Backup—writes!).

But getting back to the issue, I am a little surprised that the Joomla team seems to be ignoring the community's concerns.
As I suggested earlier
, it might be an idea to gauge community's opinions with a quick survey.

Kunena 4.0.5 Released

Details

Published: 17 August 2015

Introduction

The Kunena team wishes to advise that Kunena 4.0.5 [K 4.0.5] is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 2.5.28 and J! 3.4.x. This version is a maintaince release, this version fixed 2 fatal errors on K4.0.4 issues.

The summary of important changes in K 4.0.5 are:

Crypsis : To write is a problem with Preview. It loads the complete post for each letter. #3229

Blue eagle: improve responsive

Crypsis: add whoisonline and stats on topics

File attachment problem when use special characters (Ñ...)

Subscribe's box is always enabled #3303

Breadcrumbs: Improve SEO

COM_KUNENA_POST_ATTACHMENTS_NOT_ALLOWED #3299

Display catpcha for crypsis on quick reply for Joomla! 3.4+

Crypsis : It's not possible to upload attachments #3314

AUP not working on hmvc. #3309

Crypsis : Wrong avatars in the menu item Recent Posts #3307

Hide image for guests - Hint does not appear #3254

Images not showing in RSS feed #3328

Crypsis : CSS Class Suffix - the color is not displayed

Crypsis: Edit poll is not possible (it missing the poll symbol in the editor) #3332

Kunena 4.0.4 Released

Details

Published: 16 August 2015

Introduction

The Kunena team wishes to advise that Kunena 4.0.4 [K 4.0.4] is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 2.5.28 and J! 3.4.x. This version is a maintaince release, this version fixed 22 issues.

The summary of important changes in K 4.0.4 are:

Crypsis : To write is a problem with Preview. It loads the complete post for each letter. #3229

Blue eagle: improve responsive

Crypsis: add whoisonline and stats on topics

File attachment problem when use special characters (Ñ...)

Subscribe's box is always enabled #3303

Breadcrumbs: Improve SEO

COM_KUNENA_POST_ATTACHMENTS_NOT_ALLOWED #3299

Display catpcha for crypsis on quick reply for Joomla! 3.4+

Crypsis : It's not possible to upload attachments #3314

AUP not working on hmvc. #3309

Crypsis : Wrong avatars in the menu item Recent Posts #3307

Hide image for guests - Hint does not appear #3254

Images not showing in RSS feed #3328

Crypsis : CSS Class Suffix - the color is not displayed

Crypsis: Edit poll is not possible (it missing the poll symbol in the editor) #3332

Kunena 4.0.3 Released

Details

Published: 29 June 2015

Introduction

The Kunena team wishes to advise that Kunena 4.0.3 [K 4.0.3] is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 2.5.28 and J! 3.4.x. This version is a maintaince release, this version has 3 fixes, included a issue with none finfo extension.